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title: "Best Time Quotes by Ayn Rand"
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> [The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-difference-between-a-welfare-state-and-a-totalitarian-state-is-a/)

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> [The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-great-creators-the-thinkers-the-artists-the-scientists-the-2/)

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> [Through the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/through-the-dry-phases-of-calculations-in-her-mind-she-noticed-that/)

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> [Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/whatever-their-future-at-the-dawn-of-their-lives-men-seek-a-noble/)

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> [I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-m-working-to-improve-my-methods-and-every-hour-i-save-is-an-hour/)

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> [Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/capitalism-is-not-the-system-of-the-past-it-is-the-system-of-the/)

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> [There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-were-things-in-my-past-which-i-have-not-liked-but-all-the/)

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> [“I'm going to die," he said aloud--and yawned. He felt no relief, no despair, no fear. The moment of his end would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-m-going-to-die-he-said-aloud-and-yawned-he-felt-no-relief-no/)

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> [Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/since-time-immemorial-and-pre-industrial-greed-has-been-the/)

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> [Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/don-t-think-of-them-now-never-think-of-pain-or-danger-or-enemies-a-2/)

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> [Dagny, we can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we've made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/dagny-we-can-never-lose-the-things-we-live-for-we-may-have-to-change/)

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> [People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/people-he-thought-were-as-hungry-for-a-sight-of-joy-as-he-had-always/)

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> [Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/joy-is-the-goal-of-existence-and-joy-is-not-to-be-stumbled-upon-but/)

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> [Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/fransisco-you-re-some-kind-of-very-high-nobility-aren-t-you-he/)

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> [He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/he-too-stood-looking-at-her-for-a-moment-and-it-seemed-to-her-that-it-2/)

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> [The goal of the 'liberals' - as it emerges from the record of the past decades - was to smuggle this country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-goal-of-the-liberals-as-it-emerges-from-the-record-of-the-past/)

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> [There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-is-only-one-institution-that-can-arrogate-to-itself-the-power/)

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> [“Paradoxically, it is the so-called pleasure-chasers—the men who seemingly live for nothing but the sensation of the moment, who are concerned only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/paradoxically-it-is-the-so-called-pleasure-chasers-the-men-who/)

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> [He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand … Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/he-wanted-nothing-for-the-time-being-except-to-understand-without/)

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> [Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/since-a-rational-man-s-ambition-is-unlimited-since-his-pursuit-and-2/)

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> [“The month behind her had gone, leaving nothing but the blank of dead time. It had gone into the planless, thankless work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-month-behind-her-had-gone-leaving-nothing-but-the-blank-of-dead/)

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> [“There was a time when I looked at the tragic mess they’ve made of this earth, and I wanted to cry out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-was-a-time-when-i-looked-at-the-tragic-mess-they-ve-made-of/)

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> [You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/you-re-not-sorry-you-could-ve-been-here-if-you-made-the-effort-but/)

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> [“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/it-was-only-in-the-first-few-years-that-she-felt-herself-screaming/)

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> [You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/you-will-follow-me-if-we-are-what-we-are-you-and-i-if-we-live-if-the/)

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> [I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-regret-nothing-there-have-been-things-i-missed-but-i-ask-no/)

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> [“The philosophers of the past were superficial,” Dr. Pritchett went on. “It remained for our century to redefine the purpose of philosophy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-philosophers-of-the-past-were-superficial-dr-pritchett-went-on-it/)

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> [I think it's funny. There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-think-it-s-funny-there-was-a-time-when-men-were-afraid-that/)

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> [“To the glory of mankind, there was, for the first and only time in history, a country of money—and I have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/to-the-glory-of-mankind-there-was-for-the-first-and-only-time-in/)

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> [Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/under-the-antitrust-laws-a-man-becomes-a-criminal-from-the-moment-he/)

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> [“He lost, for that moment, all the days and dogmas of his past; his concepts, his problems, his pain were wiped out;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/he-lost-for-that-moment-all-the-days-and-dogmas-of-his-past-his/)

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> [The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-great-creators-the-thinkers-the-artists-the-scientists-the/)

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> [ \[What for\] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-for-was-the-first-question-he-asked-about-any-activity-proposed/)

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> [“My dearest one, it is not proper for men to be without names. There was a time when each man had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/my-dearest-one-it-is-not-proper-for-men-to-be-without-names-there-was/)

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> [I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-like-to-receive-money-for-my-work-but-i-can-pass-that-up-this-time/)

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> [“The young photographer glanced at Roark's face--and thought of something that had puzzled him for a long time: he had always wondered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-young-photographer-glanced-at-roark-s-face-and-thought-of/)

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> [“What I mean is, what makes people unhappy is not too little choice, but too much," said Mitchell Layton. "having to decide,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-i-mean-is-what-makes-people-unhappy-is-not-too-little-choice-but/)

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> [I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-sat-there-beside-him-till-morning-and-as-i-watched-his-face-in-the/)

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> [Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a life-long process — and the higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/since-a-rational-man-s-ambition-is-unlimited-since-his-pursuit-and/)

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> [“The greatest food for the greatest number—that’s my slogan. At a time of desperate public need, it’s our duty to sacrifice our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-greatest-food-for-the-greatest-number-that-s-my-slogan-at-a-time/)

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> [There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-are-no-white-lies-there-is-only-the-blackest-of-destruction-and/)

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> [She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/she-watched-the-prairies-the-rivers-the-towns-slipping-past-at-an/)

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> [“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/this-was-reality-she-thought-this-sense-of-clear-outlines-of-purpose/)

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> [A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/a-collective-mind-does-not-exist-it-is-merely-the-sum-of-endless/)

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> [Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/lobbying-is-the-activity-of-attempting-to-influence-legislation-by/)

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> [“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/she-moved-her-hand-and-let-it-rest-against-his-he-did-not-withdraw/)

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> [This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/this-miracle-of-me-is-mine-to-own-and-keep-and-mine-to-guard-and-mine/)

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> [“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-was-still-one-response-the-greatest-that-she-had-missed-she/)

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                        "text": "You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody but yourself? You're not interested in any of us or in anything we do. You think if you pay the bills, that's enough, don't you? Money! That's all you know. And all you give us is money. Have you even given us any time?",
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